
Originally Posted by
focus206
I don't see Ogier "outsmarting" everyone this season. He performed overall better than Evans, while in retrospect Neuville and Tanak had close to 0 chances due to Hyundai falling apart constantly. Even if Hyundai drivers were "smarter", hardly anything would have changed.
Ogier made one mistake this season (Arctic), the same as Neuville (Portugal), but look at the difference in the standings. Ogier was most of the times a bit faster and the Yaris was perfect. And he somehow managed to win Croatia after the huge road section problems.
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